Personalized Dental Medicine: A Call for a Change

Personalized medicine is gaining attention globally, with implications for transforming dental care.

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By Dr. Mahmoud H. Al-Johani

Personalized medicine is receiving an increasing global attention and interest from scientific communities. It relies on understanding genomic structure of individuals which allows for establishing proper treatment plans.

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Personalized Dental Medicine: A Call for a Change is published on SaudiDent, Saudi Arabia's dental community platform in Community. SaudiDent covers evidence-based clinical articles, dental conferences and courses across the Kingdom, dentist and specialist vacancies, community polls, and the national Saudi oral health data hub — a consolidated set of indicators on caries prevalence, periodontal disease, workforce density and oral cancer registry figures.

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